Bolton v. State

Joseph D. Hughes, a state-salaried, part-time public defender for the Second Judicial District, Greene County, Arkansas, was appointed by the trial court to represent appellant Charles Ray Bolton, an indigent defendant, in this criminal case. Appellant was convicted of manufacturing a controlled substance and other drug-related offenses and sentenced to 20 years in prison. A notice of appeal from the judgment of conviction was timely filed and the record has been lodged with our clerk.

Mr. Hughes now asks this court to relieve him as counsel for Bolton and to appoint new counsel for Bolton in…